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⅔ Gani - Mahmud Shah
| Issuer | Bahmani Sultanate |
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| Year | 1482-1485 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a similarly worn and corroded copper surface bearing Arabic inscriptions arranged in horizontal registers across the flat field, consistent with standard Bahmani fractional copper types of the late fifteenth century. Traces of a multi-line legend are faintly discernible through the heavy patination, likely recording the mint name, regnal year, or additional titulature of the sultan. The flan edges are irregular and slightly ragged, characteristic of hand-cut planchets used in hammered coinage. No border or decorative framing is present. The overall strike is weak and off-center, reflecting the utilitarian nature of this low-denomination circulation piece. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mahmud Shah Bahmani inherited a sultanate already fracturing at its edges. By the time this coin was struck, the great nobles — the Deccan Tarafdars — had accumulated enough military and administrative power to act as independent operators, and the sultan's authority was increasingly nominal. The ⅔ gani denomination itself reflects the Bahmani system's Persian-influenced weight hierarchy, subdividing the full gani in fractions that accommodated small bazaar transactions across the Deccan.
Mahmud Shah died in 1482, making attribution of this type contingent on whether it falls under him or his successor — a distinction the mint record does not cleanly resolve.